1.john fahey2.cecil taylor3.beck4.phil kellogg (hey, i gotta get the word out somehow!)5.john mclaughlin6.sparks (the "Propaganda" era years)7.Roxy music and offshoots8.Arto Lindsay (Ambitious Lovers, etc)9.fiona apple10.a lot of other stuff i can't remember right now

8. NUMBER OF ALBUMS OWNED:
500?

9. HOW DID YOU FIRST DISCOVER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND,
AND WAS THERE A PARTICULAR SONG THAT MADE YOU SEE THE LIGHT?:
I saw Strictly Personal at a department store record dept when it first
came out. I had not heard the album.
I had not heard of Captain Beefheart. But somehow I knew. I had to
have this strange looking thing.
I have not looked back.

10. NUMBER OF BEEFHEART GIGS SEEN, AND WHICH YEARS:
The years are VERY FUZZY, but i have seen CB&MB in Portland (where
i grew up), San Diego
(where i spent a year, working as a janitor at a Frito factory), and
- most notably - at the Keystone Korner
in San francisco (where i have lived off and on for years). The
Keystone was a small, strictly jazz club
(gone now, sadly). An intimate, incredible show. I mean... it
totally blew me away.
I had spit on my face from his sax solos.

11. ART SHOWS VISITED:
none

12. ANY CONTACT WITH DON?:
only to shake his hand at the Keystone show and tell him i really like
what he does.